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Wednesday. 23/5/17.
fine & warm but cloudy fairly quiet a bit of a Barrage put up last night about 9. but what for don't know.
Jack Nelson died yesterday also Kanan, must write about Jack.
my leave is nearly due now owing to all the rest having had theirs.
Pay. 23/1/ £25.18.0.
Going out in two days time to Beaulincourt.
Keeping fine & sun hot 5 p.m. Been fairly quiet all day
Wrote too soon about it being quiet had to go for our lives twice put 8 inch shells all round our dug-out in fact all over the place & what a crash they do make came back after 2 hrs expecting to see our place buried, but altho covered with dirt & bricks no harm done hope he does not start again to night. 2 or 3 hours of that lasts a long time.
Thursday 24/5/17
Night passed off quietly except for artillery exchanges.
A Beautiful morning clear sky with a few clouds floating over, guns banging away in spasms nothing defenite.
Just washed my feet had shave, cleaned Boots Ye Gods fancy cleaning your Boots in a place like this, but hate to be dirty.
Expect the Boys will chiak me over it.
Pay. 24/1. £25.19.0
wish that leave would hurry up.
Sent the gas over in cylinders to Fritz about 2 a,m & sent in the heavy stuff must have given him a shaking up.
had to leave our dug-out, put a gun about 6yds away from us & near the entrance; first shot thought my head was gone, but it wasn't long before I left to them entirely, am in one I found this afternoon, not bad.